[A state-by-state guide to the swing required for the coming federal election](http://jackman.stanford.edu/blog/?p=281).
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[The techniques designers use when making book covers](http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/chipkidd061807).
[A robotic fire fighter concept design](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/12/ole-pill-bug-robot-concept-could-fight-forest-fires/).
[Developing country aid in the Internet era](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/08/discover-your-i.html)
[The secret meeting rooms of Disney World](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/12/epcots_secret_meetin.html).
[The solution of one Texas student to the US heatwave](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/11/grad-student-bolts-air-conditioner-onto-car-to-beat-texas-heat/).
[Typography and graphic design on the US Highway system](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=86b63388e4ee637c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink).
[Make your work look more like a movie poster](http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/best-movie-effect-photo-tutorials-photoshop/).
Coming Soon: [a documentary about an election for class monitor between three eight-year-olds](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/11/independent-lens-returns-in-october/).
[Eight unauthorized Harry Potter books from China](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/opinion/10potter.html?ex=1344398400&en=0fce70e4a81b180b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss). ([Via](http://www.kottke.org/07/08/owls-lost-in-translation), which has one of the summaries if you don't subscribe to the NY Times)